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with the you believe in global climate change or are concerned about the environment. it is a national security issue. it is a jobs issue. from national security point of view we cannot continue to rely on imported oil and energy sources from the middle east. is not reliable. i am sure listening to the media in the last few weeks you have seen iran threatened to close the strait of hormuz. we are relying on these energy sources particularly from the mideast faa's from countries that are not our friend and not reliable. at any point these supplies can be cut off and result in taking military action. from a national security point of view it doesn't make sense to continue to rely on imported oil. we have to look at -- even if you don't care about the environment from a national security point of view, it is clearly a jobs issue as well. in my state of new jersey, we continue to have the incentive. i don't usually praise the governor. he is a republican and not one of my favorite people. any of my colleagues will tell you that. bottom line is he has stressed the state leg
with the you believe in global climate change or are concerned about the environment. it is a national security issue. it is a jobs issue. from national security point of view we cannot continue to rely on imported oil and energy sources from the middle east. is not reliable. i am sure listening to the media in the last few weeks you have seen iran threatened to close the strait of hormuz. we are relying on these energy sources particularly from the mideast faa's from countries that are not our...
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[applause] my colleague and friend who worked so hard each and every day to protect the environment so our children will grow up in a cleaner world, lisa jackson, administrator jackson. [applause] barry gordy, alexis, james mitchell and maurice cox, all you have done a tremendous job in your careers, not just professionally but your civic commitment to the movement, so thank each and everyone of you as well. [applause] so, yesterday i was in atlanta. i had the humbling privilege of addressing the congregation at ebenezer baptist church. and as i was talking with the president the day before i went into, we were reminiscing about his last trip to -- >> we will leave this event at this point. you can see it in its entirety on our website, c-span.org. we are returning live now to the woodrow wilson center for remarks in homeland security security secretary janet napolitano and others, talk about the work homeland security is doing this morning. live coverage on c-span2. we expect remarks also from john mclaughlin, former state -- former cia director and general james jones. >> and in the
[applause] my colleague and friend who worked so hard each and every day to protect the environment so our children will grow up in a cleaner world, lisa jackson, administrator jackson. [applause] barry gordy, alexis, james mitchell and maurice cox, all you have done a tremendous job in your careers, not just professionally but your civic commitment to the movement, so thank each and everyone of you as well. [applause] so, yesterday i was in atlanta. i had the humbling privilege of addressing...
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second in the fall, will give a special message on energy and the environment. when he we need to be more strategic in focusing on the intersection of job creation, affordability, science and sustainability. we need to continue michigan's leadership in protecting the great lakes, one of the world's greatest natural assets. [applause] [applause] third i would like to work with the legislature on how to improve our laws related to lobbying, campaign finance and ethics for both state and local government. for example we should have more frequent and better disclosure of campaign contributions and we should have stronger rules governing employment of people who negotiate state contracts while in government services. [applause] [applause] on implementation of good government we will have efforts on two levels. one track will be focused on state government itself and how it operates. the second track will be a supportive partner to our local jurisdictions. data for grading principles of good governance will be how we operate in this way and that they share those four
second in the fall, will give a special message on energy and the environment. when he we need to be more strategic in focusing on the intersection of job creation, affordability, science and sustainability. we need to continue michigan's leadership in protecting the great lakes, one of the world's greatest natural assets. [applause] [applause] third i would like to work with the legislature on how to improve our laws related to lobbying, campaign finance and ethics for both state and local...
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the second sbr exam evalwaits internal control environment. second, in june, the army asserted audit readiness for three missile programs: javelin, hell fire, and tow." that remits 16% -- represents 16% of the operating materials and supplies. the dod-ig will conduct exams to validate this assertion. for the remaining two challenges, we developed a well-defined business architecture, enabling the erp system to better support army audit readiness objectives. we are conducting assessments of the erps and material feeder systems using the gao financial information systems control audit manual that provides guide lines an auditor follows when conducting an audit of a federal agency. i'm confident they will fully support the army's audit readiness goals as independents already confirmed gfebs to be substantially compliant with sfmia and the construction structure. gfebs is about 93% compliant. we have achieved some significant accomplishments in the last 12 months. we received a clean opinion on appropriations received. for exam one, we received a
the second sbr exam evalwaits internal control environment. second, in june, the army asserted audit readiness for three missile programs: javelin, hell fire, and tow." that remits 16% -- represents 16% of the operating materials and supplies. the dod-ig will conduct exams to validate this assertion. for the remaining two challenges, we developed a well-defined business architecture, enabling the erp system to better support army audit readiness objectives. we are conducting assessments of...
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we're introducing a presumption in favor of sustainable development while protecting our most precious environments. the new policy comes into effect when the national planning policy framework is published next tuesday. this is the biggest resumption in business red tape ever undertaken. as a country, we also want to make the most of the olympic and paraolympic games. some of the biggest events will be on a sunday when millions of visitor come to britain to see them. we don't want to hang up a "closed for business" sign, so we will introduce legislation limited to relaxing the trade laws for eight sundays only starting on july the 2nd. mr. deputy speaker, earning our way in the world means giving young people the skills to compete. and in time my right honorable friend, the education secretary's school reforms will do more to improve the economic performance of our country than any budget measure ever will. but we've got to help the young adults who have already been let down by the school system. we're offering a record number of apprenticeships, and our youth contract comes into force next month
we're introducing a presumption in favor of sustainable development while protecting our most precious environments. the new policy comes into effect when the national planning policy framework is published next tuesday. this is the biggest resumption in business red tape ever undertaken. as a country, we also want to make the most of the olympic and paraolympic games. some of the biggest events will be on a sunday when millions of visitor come to britain to see them. we don't want to hang up a...
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it's a much of our economy locally is based on our environment. as a direct correlation with its tourism, real estate. these areas -- west: michele bachmann came down over here for that idea and i was all for her that the black-eyed pea. once again, i'm talking about priorities. when you look what has happened with planned parenthood, perhaps you should club secretary sebelius. the hhs cannot dance at planned parenthood is doing mammograms. >> moderator: we have to move a lot to give you all time for the close. your question first of congressman wes. >> sure, this raises the both of you guys spent a lot of money among the congressional races are to spend more than $3 million on this. do you support any kind of legislation that would limit the influence of outside groups? is that necessary? >> i think first about that has to be argued in front of the supreme court. look, if you look at our fec record commish is an incredible amount, almost 95% from individual donors and nothing is really the averages about $98, $99. i can help people donate to me.
it's a much of our economy locally is based on our environment. as a direct correlation with its tourism, real estate. these areas -- west: michele bachmann came down over here for that idea and i was all for her that the black-eyed pea. once again, i'm talking about priorities. when you look what has happened with planned parenthood, perhaps you should club secretary sebelius. the hhs cannot dance at planned parenthood is doing mammograms. >> moderator: we have to move a lot to give you...
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and the constrained fiscal environment. my office continues to convene partners and lead efforts in responsible information-sharing innovation. this is a journey. the evolution of the threats against us, the integration of our resources and the efficient use of technology require constant vigilance and leadership. the threats to our safety do not stop at jurisdictional or information boundaries. our information shouldn't either. three-quarters of the drivers of the mission of my office, we are grounded by an enduring purpose to advance responsible information sharing to further the counterterrorism and homeland security missions. we're focused on responsible information sharing to enable decisions to prevent harm to the american people. and finally, we're building capacity for responsible sharing across our -- information sharing across our mission partners at all levels of government. we are also strengthening protections for privacy, civil rights and civil liberties. this work makes us stronger. let me lab rate. every --
and the constrained fiscal environment. my office continues to convene partners and lead efforts in responsible information-sharing innovation. this is a journey. the evolution of the threats against us, the integration of our resources and the efficient use of technology require constant vigilance and leadership. the threats to our safety do not stop at jurisdictional or information boundaries. our information shouldn't either. three-quarters of the drivers of the mission of my office, we are...
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not the environment, but -- host: all right, john, we're going to leave it there. we've got another tweet. this one is from sam. he writes this is not a problem for the government to worry about. bill in michigan on our line for republicans. bill, you're on the "washington journal." you talked about what fishing sam had to say. is that is problem for the government to worry about or not? caller: definitely not. the government needs to mind its own business. they have enough trouble on the country. what i say is most americans are responsible for their own way. mind your own business. i'll take care of my family like i have like the people before me did. host: hey, bill, how's the -- bill? caller: yes. host: how'ds the health situation with your family and do you think that would be adjusted up or down? do you think you would be eating better or not? caller: no. i retired from g.m. in 2008. took a job at $10 an hour because i didn't want to stay home. we buy apples, broccoli. you cook it, wash them not -- watch them not eat it. kids get at a certain age, you want to
not the environment, but -- host: all right, john, we're going to leave it there. we've got another tweet. this one is from sam. he writes this is not a problem for the government to worry about. bill in michigan on our line for republicans. bill, you're on the "washington journal." you talked about what fishing sam had to say. is that is problem for the government to worry about or not? caller: definitely not. the government needs to mind its own business. they have enough trouble on...
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we're all operating in an environment that's operating in zero interest rates. you plug in interest rates today and plug in what with real inflation. so slight movements, whether because by cascading europe or argentina or fed policy or fiscal policy here. my understanding is just little bit of movement would be devastating to your book of business, if you have not hedged that. what scale are you hedged for the fear of movements in interest rates a couple of ticks up? >> our biggest exposures are credits and interest rate asks we try to manage the portfolio in all interest rates such that rising rates don't hurt us because our biggest risk with rapidly rising rates, in fact, we're positioned today that if rates went up we mack moke morey and it does cost us to do that. >> you're heading to the ultimate question here. i'm trying to get a sense of the cost to prevent to do that type of risk management and that's one of the frustrations. i hear lots of discussion talking about are you doing risk management here and here, but folks don't understand it's expensive. >
we're all operating in an environment that's operating in zero interest rates. you plug in interest rates today and plug in what with real inflation. so slight movements, whether because by cascading europe or argentina or fed policy or fiscal policy here. my understanding is just little bit of movement would be devastating to your book of business, if you have not hedged that. what scale are you hedged for the fear of movements in interest rates a couple of ticks up? >> our biggest...
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and move to the teacher center and firemen to the student center environment. and to focus every day and every class would be about focusing on students to read a lot of training went into that and i had a lot of soul-searching in terms of we have to build the capacity of teachers, principals to build this culture and then ultimately provide this resource to the students and then to use that resource effectively and one of the things that when the visitors come through, say to the county seat restructure. we have a set with a lesson but then we quickly move to be differentiated approach. so there is personalized learning, a project based learning, a group learning. as a result of this and this type of effort into this type of work our teachers are more successful. governor, we have moved up. last year we referred in the state and our composite 115 districts but we have moved up and we don't know or the other systems ranked. we went up in every single level. one point that i am particularly proud of is we focus on the early intervention with students and our rat
and move to the teacher center and firemen to the student center environment. and to focus every day and every class would be about focusing on students to read a lot of training went into that and i had a lot of soul-searching in terms of we have to build the capacity of teachers, principals to build this culture and then ultimately provide this resource to the students and then to use that resource effectively and one of the things that when the visitors come through, say to the county seat...
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i think this kind of financial environment is perfect for such a, an axe-wielder of that nature to go at nato in terms of waste and redundancy. there could potentially reduce russian anxieties if we're spending less in terms of nato overall. that might be a good way of sitting down at table with the russianses hey, you don't have to worry about us so much. yeah we're pursuing missile defense, et cetera, but obviously we're taking a very serious position on reducing spending within nato. finally there are two aspects that mitigate or militate against this happy news from my point of view, happy news, not necessarily happy news for everybody here. one is we have a tendency to export our problems. we export our obesity problem by selling corn syrup all over the world. no surprise, we sell our arms as well and over the last two years the obama administration has begun to reevaluate our export control regulations to facilitate greater arms exports. why? i mean the reasons are obvious. if our military contractors have fewer opportunities to get pentagon contracts, well, we will, i.e., the o
i think this kind of financial environment is perfect for such a, an axe-wielder of that nature to go at nato in terms of waste and redundancy. there could potentially reduce russian anxieties if we're spending less in terms of nato overall. that might be a good way of sitting down at table with the russianses hey, you don't have to worry about us so much. yeah we're pursuing missile defense, et cetera, but obviously we're taking a very serious position on reducing spending within nato. finally...
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in overtime increased right away the savings would be considerably higher if it were not done in an environment where the health reform law was passed included federal spending for subsidies for people in the exchange and the cost associated with low-income people would shift to medicaid. prior to the health reform law when people talk about raising the age of medicare eligibility the big issue on the table is what would happen to 65 and 66-year-olds who would lose access to affordable coverage and may not be able to get health insurance coverage at all. with the health reform law now about to be implemented, the discussion has changed somewhat since it does provide avenues for people to get health insurance coverage. there are a lot of unanswered questions. the supreme court decision and the flexibility that it has given to the states raises questions about whether low-income people throughout the country that are 65 and 66 will be able to get medicaid in every state. this is a great example of a policy that seems very straightforward for medicare. medicare saves money with new people on the p
in overtime increased right away the savings would be considerably higher if it were not done in an environment where the health reform law was passed included federal spending for subsidies for people in the exchange and the cost associated with low-income people would shift to medicaid. prior to the health reform law when people talk about raising the age of medicare eligibility the big issue on the table is what would happen to 65 and 66-year-olds who would lose access to affordable coverage...
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they have lived their entire life in that environment. according to the national climate data center, 2012 is set to be the warmest calendar year on record for the contiguous u.s. december would have to be one full degree fahrenheit colder than the coldest december on record to prevent that from happening and make up for the exceptionally hot first eight months of the year. madam president, the overwhelming majority of scientific research indicates that these observed changes in the earth's atmosphere are the direct result of human activity, namely the emission of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels. just last week, dr. james powell, former reagan and george h.w. bush appointee to the national science board, released a new review of the scientific literature in which he searched for articles that expressly reject human-caused global warming or propose an alternate explanation. he looked at 13,950 peer-reviewed climate articles. nearly 14,000 peer-reviewed climate articles. 24, 24 either rejected global warming trends or denied the hu
they have lived their entire life in that environment. according to the national climate data center, 2012 is set to be the warmest calendar year on record for the contiguous u.s. december would have to be one full degree fahrenheit colder than the coldest december on record to prevent that from happening and make up for the exceptionally hot first eight months of the year. madam president, the overwhelming majority of scientific research indicates that these observed changes in the earth's...
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should take taxpayer money and rebuild those critical components right back in the same vulnerable environment. we can do this much smarter and cheaper over the long run. if we make the necessary investment to protect that situation from happening again. when it comes to things like propulsion power, signal systems, we know now that some of those critical elements that are absolutely critical to get that service up and running for 10% of the american economy are in very vulnerable places. none of us, no homeowner had their basement flood repeatedly take their best family heirlooms and stores it on the floor of the basement. we might buy some shelving or put the air loams on a shelf -- heirlooms on a shelf. if they say there are no mitigation investments we should put the family heirlooms on the floor of the basement again and wait for the next flood to happen. the other thing you need to remember is when we have these repeated disaster elements, much of those costs would be fema eligible so the taxpayer pays again. and we see no wisdom in that and is why we built but mitigation funding into th
should take taxpayer money and rebuild those critical components right back in the same vulnerable environment. we can do this much smarter and cheaper over the long run. if we make the necessary investment to protect that situation from happening again. when it comes to things like propulsion power, signal systems, we know now that some of those critical elements that are absolutely critical to get that service up and running for 10% of the american economy are in very vulnerable places. none...
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as ranking member of the senate committee on environment and public works and senior member of the armed services committee, stopping the radical global warming agenda as well as president obama's devastating cuts to our military have been the top priorities. that's all i've been talking about for the last couple of months. i've had a growing concern about how president obama's global warming agenda is harming our military, but the remarks recently made by secretary panetta have led me to come here and kind of make a few statements. first of all, let me say this about secretary panetta. i served with him for five years over in the house. a number of years ago he and i became very close friends. tph-fbg, i rejoiced when he was nominated and we confirmed him as secretary of defense. so i was extremely disappointed to see that he was wasting his valuable time perpetrating the president's global warming fantasies and his war on affordable energy which occurred no less at a gathering of radical environmentalists. that's where the statement was made. secretary panetta said -- and i quote -- "i
as ranking member of the senate committee on environment and public works and senior member of the armed services committee, stopping the radical global warming agenda as well as president obama's devastating cuts to our military have been the top priorities. that's all i've been talking about for the last couple of months. i've had a growing concern about how president obama's global warming agenda is harming our military, but the remarks recently made by secretary panetta have led me to come...
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the healthiest environment that you can have to raise your children in. [applause] >> it's so rare -- how old are you? >> 28. >> 28. what do you want for your son 20 years from now? >> i want him to be happy. and he's already that. he's found the most, smart capable lady to be his wife. you know, i don't know, four, five children. [laughter] >> but, you know, -- and happiness comes in so many forms and fashions. but and i realize that, you know, money and the access is not going to -- [inaudible] >> but we live in a world where government continues to get bigger and bigger and our liberties become smaller and smaller. that wasn't the vision of our founding fathers. i want -- i want to go back -- some people may think that's old-fashioned. but i want to go back to a reflection of those limited powers that our founding fathers had for the federal government. that the state and that tenth amendment where we talk about the powers not delegated to the united states constitution or permitted reserved to the states respectively to the people, the simplicity of t
the healthiest environment that you can have to raise your children in. [applause] >> it's so rare -- how old are you? >> 28. >> 28. what do you want for your son 20 years from now? >> i want him to be happy. and he's already that. he's found the most, smart capable lady to be his wife. you know, i don't know, four, five children. [laughter] >> but, you know, -- and happiness comes in so many forms and fashions. but and i realize that, you know, money and the...
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i think even if the answer is have that we will understand the environment we're in, and you see a lot of investing in. [inaudible] in other words, you fear that there is enough distinction between the parties that if mitt romney becomes the president that you could have such change that you want to keep some of that cash rather than invest it and? >> no. no. well, i don't fear. i think it would be in all likelihood something after the election, it's ridiculous we have to wait that long, but after the election president obama, republican-controlled house and senate, i think at that point some reasonable solutions will be promulgated. that's my hope and my belief your and it just takes that time, and it's too bad with the gerrymandered districts, fox news, cnn, no one stays in washington on the weekend talks about. you are penalized if you compromise. you losing your home district. that dynamic is just killing us right now as a country. we've got to have a lethargic experience to get us to the other side. >> what does it take them a nasty more of a political leadership question, both of
i think even if the answer is have that we will understand the environment we're in, and you see a lot of investing in. [inaudible] in other words, you fear that there is enough distinction between the parties that if mitt romney becomes the president that you could have such change that you want to keep some of that cash rather than invest it and? >> no. no. well, i don't fear. i think it would be in all likelihood something after the election, it's ridiculous we have to wait that long,...
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some are working to adopt the dynamic environment to ready itself for medicaid reform. it began as a small organization but today qualified with 3,000 patients. harlan united connected the dots between medicare and social services and. [applause] one man here today surveying 20 knows if los angeles build an infrastructure connecting prevention treatment science and advocacy. vienna star and cge is an example of what it must look like to address the aids epidemic. i have good dream as a little boy what did you do when millions were dying from aids? the wise woman said i am afraid to wake up because i am afraid of the answer that it will be not enough. i work for a tiny organization is. we made close our doors next week but this week with our scientists, a journalist, we well drop every piece of information out there. [applause] my worst nightmare we will squander the historic opportunity. this is what i know. the day will come when the epidemic is over. it is important to to know we're not all monsters or cowards. some of us dared to do that because some of the stared to
some are working to adopt the dynamic environment to ready itself for medicaid reform. it began as a small organization but today qualified with 3,000 patients. harlan united connected the dots between medicare and social services and. [applause] one man here today surveying 20 knows if los angeles build an infrastructure connecting prevention treatment science and advocacy. vienna star and cge is an example of what it must look like to address the aids epidemic. i have good dream as a little...
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you must have an environment where there's no penalty for honest mistakes. these are learning experiences. they are like skinned knees. they are painful, but they heal quickly. when a member of your team makes an honest mistake, he or she feels terrible. don't chew them out. tell them about your hoppest mistakes. put it behind them, and move forward to constructive work. make sure they understand that you have not lost confidence in them. in this environment, people will be open and candid. do not put people into categories. recognize there's something unique in every human being that tries out. i'm unique. i'm special. thers only one person in the world like me. do not treat me like a commodity. treat me like a human being. treat me with dig dignity and republic. keep the person challenged. each person challenged to achieve his or her full potential, and united teams win, divided teams lose, and remember the three musketeers, all for one and one for all. keep that in mind and your team is a roaring success. each part of the team is equally important. give y
you must have an environment where there's no penalty for honest mistakes. these are learning experiences. they are like skinned knees. they are painful, but they heal quickly. when a member of your team makes an honest mistake, he or she feels terrible. don't chew them out. tell them about your hoppest mistakes. put it behind them, and move forward to constructive work. make sure they understand that you have not lost confidence in them. in this environment, people will be open and candid. do...
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and so we started having hearings before the two committees that were my committees, the environment and public works committee, talking about how this would subject us to other countries imposing their will on us, as well as the ramifications of the -- that would affect the senate armed services committee. as a result of that, of course, westerly it was defeated. well -- we recall it was defeated. well, we have this happening again. i do appreciate the -- senator kerry and his efforts to get this through. we have had several hearings. they've been pretty lopsided. i believe the count today is there have been 16 witnesses supporting it and some four witnesses opposing it. that's not really important, because i think it's worth mentioning a couple things about it but then actually going into the detail as to why, if it is brought up, it could not be ratified during this year or during a lame-duck session. first of all, when i talk to someone about the -- about the -- the problems with this and i tell them that this would give cede authority to the united nations over 70% of the surfac
and so we started having hearings before the two committees that were my committees, the environment and public works committee, talking about how this would subject us to other countries imposing their will on us, as well as the ramifications of the -- that would affect the senate armed services committee. as a result of that, of course, westerly it was defeated. well -- we recall it was defeated. well, we have this happening again. i do appreciate the -- senator kerry and his efforts to get...
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it's an american idea to give parents more choices, to put their children in an environment that they can succeed. it's an idea that works. we could look around the country at states that try to create a more business-friendly environment, not because they're for businesses or for any political reason or for special interest, but they know the only way to get jobs and prosperity and create opportunity is to create an environment where businesses can thrive. we make it political here, and we ask our constituents to make choices between employers and employees. but states like texas have created a business-friendly environment with lower taxes and less regulation. they passed some laws that reduces the risk of frivolous lawsuits. and what they've seen is businesses moving to their state. they've seen jobs and opportunity created, not for the top 2% but expanding a middle class, creating more opportunities and more tax revenues to do the things at the state government level that we all want for everyone that lives there. this is not for a few. this is for 100%. and you see specials now o
it's an american idea to give parents more choices, to put their children in an environment that they can succeed. it's an idea that works. we could look around the country at states that try to create a more business-friendly environment, not because they're for businesses or for any political reason or for special interest, but they know the only way to get jobs and prosperity and create opportunity is to create an environment where businesses can thrive. we make it political here, and we ask...
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and by the way it will be good for our environment. it will help preserve the incredible beauty of the state. we can do that. i want to make it a national mission to educate our kids better than anyone else in the world. [cheers and applause] i want to hire workers at community colleges to get the skills that businesses are hiring right now. i want to keep tuition growth low and cut in half over the next 10 years. we can do that. [cheers and applause] my plan will actually cut the deficit unlike governor romney's. it will actually cut the deficit by $4 trillion of the next 10 years but we have to balance the budget. we also need to make sure there is a wealthier paying a little bit more so we can afford technology and research that will keep new jobs and businesses coming to america. i will never turn medicare into a voucher. [cheers and applause] no american should spend their golden years at the -- of insurance companies. and i will use the savings that we get from ending the war in iraq and afghanistan to put our people back to work
and by the way it will be good for our environment. it will help preserve the incredible beauty of the state. we can do that. i want to make it a national mission to educate our kids better than anyone else in the world. [cheers and applause] i want to hire workers at community colleges to get the skills that businesses are hiring right now. i want to keep tuition growth low and cut in half over the next 10 years. we can do that. [cheers and applause] my plan will actually cut the deficit...
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not just people of color because my environment has people from 100 different countries. learn how kids come from china work. learn how people from india work. let's understand how they go about in studying and how they work. what makes umbc special is that we have so many students who are from other countries or their parents are from other countries and make no mistake about it, students who have not been in this country as long as tend to be more disciplined, more focused, and much harder working. let me give you an example. i'll have two kids who are nigerian americans. one student grew up in montgomery county right outside of washington and went to high school in montgomery county. great school system. another student started off in montgomery county and went back to lagos the boarding school. the one kid will say what's up doc. and the kid from nigeria, good morning, sir. how far do i need to jump and the attitude i'm ready to work hard. and the willingness to work hard and understanding how hard people around the world work will make a difference for america. >> i'
not just people of color because my environment has people from 100 different countries. learn how kids come from china work. learn how people from india work. let's understand how they go about in studying and how they work. what makes umbc special is that we have so many students who are from other countries or their parents are from other countries and make no mistake about it, students who have not been in this country as long as tend to be more disciplined, more focused, and much harder...
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it poses a threat to public health and the environment. it underlines the competitiveness of our businesses. so not only do building these water and sewer systems and upgrades create jobs, but we also know if we don't that local businesses aren't going to expand. if they can't -- if they are not certain they are going to have a good, pleen water available and at a decent cost and a reasonable cost, they're not going to expand their businesses, especially if it's manufacturing. the cost of addressing these -- these combined sewage overflow systems in ohio is some $6 billion, according to the e.p.a., a billion dollars in northeast ohio, $2 billion in southwest ohio, the cincinnati area. so that's why today, mr. president, because there are 81 ohio communities requiring water infrastructure improvements, i am introducing the clean water affordability act. a couple of congresses -- previous congresses, i introduced this legislation with my republican colleague from ohio, senator voinovich. it will protect local ratepayers, it will lead to clea
it poses a threat to public health and the environment. it underlines the competitiveness of our businesses. so not only do building these water and sewer systems and upgrades create jobs, but we also know if we don't that local businesses aren't going to expand. if they can't -- if they are not certain they are going to have a good, pleen water available and at a decent cost and a reasonable cost, they're not going to expand their businesses, especially if it's manufacturing. the cost of...
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, changes the environment. i was not in all honesty of the leader of the rule of law. as a battalion commander coming out of -- work with me on this. don't leave me -- i am going to tie it in here -- battalion commander coming out of paktia and understanding the culture pretty well i thought there is no way they're going to buy off on a judge and jury and will of wall. they are not going to let this off to anybody. a good friend of mine, gerald mark martin was running this program and pull me in as he does very well and puts his big arm around me and talks the through this and convinces me that get after it, figure this thing out. what i sought emerge in khost and paktia was this overwhelming well, they structured process of rule of law. in fact one of the number one requests as we traveled out to the districts is when at oxford -- when am i going to get the judge out there to solve some of these issues. and haqqani realized that. there is this protective aspects. we don't want to send the judges out because of
, changes the environment. i was not in all honesty of the leader of the rule of law. as a battalion commander coming out of -- work with me on this. don't leave me -- i am going to tie it in here -- battalion commander coming out of paktia and understanding the culture pretty well i thought there is no way they're going to buy off on a judge and jury and will of wall. they are not going to let this off to anybody. a good friend of mine, gerald mark martin was running this program and pull me...
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it to strengthen middle-class and create an environment which private-sector jobs and grow. by extending the payroll tax that we can accomplish all of these goals. without action to 160 million american taxpayers will see their taxes increase. these are middle-class families. too many of whom are struggling to pay their mortgages, their food though, health care or college tuition let alone save for retirement. this tax cut will be better enabling them to meet their obligations and grow our economy. many in congress predicted a failure to pass the payroll tax extension would cost the u.s. economy and economic growth of 1.5%. america's economic -- is our economy rebounds we cannot afford to herder economic growth by raising taxes on millions of middle-class families. it's my expectation that they will find a way to extend the tax cuts and enable the taxpayers to keep more of their hard-earned dollars. while there have been encouraging measures of economic growth, our economy and our recovery is fragile. this past december marked 22 months consecutively of private-sector job gr
it to strengthen middle-class and create an environment which private-sector jobs and grow. by extending the payroll tax that we can accomplish all of these goals. without action to 160 million american taxpayers will see their taxes increase. these are middle-class families. too many of whom are struggling to pay their mortgages, their food though, health care or college tuition let alone save for retirement. this tax cut will be better enabling them to meet their obligations and grow our...
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how do we create that environment? what you do is go to the growth oriented companies 'cause that's the way that other people can become successful. so i like the spirit of this panel. i hope we can just put it into execution. >> eric, i mean, there's no doubt the facts are that at the top of every growth cycle -- when the rising tide everybody wins. the government gets more revenue, the poor get a job and they get a salary. the middle class grows, which is very passionate and people reinvest their successful -- you reinvested your profits from aol back into the community stock market growth companies. how do we get everybody on that page which has a bigger impact than being divisive and steve is saying the time is now? >> the proof is in the pudding for the people of the country. for those who are feeling they don't have an adequate job opportunity or if they're really out of work, how do we get them out of work? it goes back -- i think your mention of these industries where we know there is a lot of growth potential,
how do we create that environment? what you do is go to the growth oriented companies 'cause that's the way that other people can become successful. so i like the spirit of this panel. i hope we can just put it into execution. >> eric, i mean, there's no doubt the facts are that at the top of every growth cycle -- when the rising tide everybody wins. the government gets more revenue, the poor get a job and they get a salary. the middle class grows, which is very passionate and people...
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he's been a leader on the environment for all of those years and also on the energy issues and is at the forefront with our home state senator menendez fighting for the block grant program and which many are here today received direct funded grants for energy assistance and direct block grants, so with that, i'd like to thank congressman pallone spending time here with the mayors. with that, we'll get you the microphone. >> thank you, mayor, and i won't take up a lot of your time because i think the time allotted for this panel, i guess, is probably near the end, and i want to thank both mayor wallard and my mayor from edison, and i see other mayors from the district are around as well. i know that nobody expected me to talk about agriculture, and i was not planning on it, but i couldn't help but listening to the previous conversation because if i could just digress a minute and say that new jersey is the garden state. people don't think of us that way, but we pride ourselves on the being the garden state, but we're the most densely populated state and lost our agricultural productio
he's been a leader on the environment for all of those years and also on the energy issues and is at the forefront with our home state senator menendez fighting for the block grant program and which many are here today received direct funded grants for energy assistance and direct block grants, so with that, i'd like to thank congressman pallone spending time here with the mayors. with that, we'll get you the microphone. >> thank you, mayor, and i won't take up a lot of your time because...
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we operate in a extreme environment with high altitudes. we fly day and night and have widely various sleep patterns. and don't forget stress. stress with flight operation, family concerns or the economic fortunates much our particular airline. it can all add to a major impact on a pilot's health and well being. we'll hear from a distinguished group of aviation and medical experts. moderating this panel is con air captain chip who is l at alpa's air medical chair. >> thanks. [applause] >> good, ladies and gentlemen. i'm captain chip. airline pilot association chairman of the national group. the group makes up one of the five components of alpa's pilot assistance structure. in the group, we take a multifaceted approach to helping members maintain good health with information and individual interactions. our group works with the medical industry and federal regular lay stores ensure the latest information and standards not only get to the pilot, but they receive the information but also applied to the medical certificate. now on to the panel.
we operate in a extreme environment with high altitudes. we fly day and night and have widely various sleep patterns. and don't forget stress. stress with flight operation, family concerns or the economic fortunates much our particular airline. it can all add to a major impact on a pilot's health and well being. we'll hear from a distinguished group of aviation and medical experts. moderating this panel is con air captain chip who is l at alpa's air medical chair. >> thanks. [applause]...
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postal service in a changing environment and to lead the change. no one in the senate, i believe no one in the congress has worked harder over the last decade to reform the u.s. postal service than senator tom carper, and there is a way in which he is engaged by the kinds of problems that others try to get far away from. he sees an institution like the u.s. postal service, he knows how important it is, and he is challenged by it and he goes at it with all of his considerable capabilities and persistence until he gets it right. i can't thank him enough for doing that. this is not the kind of issue on which you gain a lot of political advantage, but it's again a test of our government. it's a test of our capacity to maintain public services that people depend on in a changing world. and we all know. he has been the leader in this. that email is affecting the volume of mail. the post office has to change to stay not only viable but strong. i think we're going to do it in this congress, and no one will deserve more credit for that than senator tom carp
postal service in a changing environment and to lead the change. no one in the senate, i believe no one in the congress has worked harder over the last decade to reform the u.s. postal service than senator tom carper, and there is a way in which he is engaged by the kinds of problems that others try to get far away from. he sees an institution like the u.s. postal service, he knows how important it is, and he is challenged by it and he goes at it with all of his considerable capabilities and...
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the biggest challenge for all of us right now is the launch environment. it is the effective and affordable presence of launch vehicles. you know, all of us are about to be priced out of the market, so one of the benefits that we hope to bring from the introduction of commercial access to space is a lowering of the launch costs. it will benefit the national security apparatus, dod and particularly us and nasa for many of our science missions. we are working together. we're all facing the same problems come so as i say, it is a national security issue. we've got to modernize our infrastructure because we worked cooperatively all the time at the ago and i were talking with work done at the kennedy space center. there's no place better than vandenberg air force base and the kennedy space center/cape canaveral where deal with the and nasa work and and and each other's spacecraft and that is national to get a. so i encourage but we do have to work on our launch infrastructure. >> thank you very much. we have to present those for you. the first is our 90th anniv
the biggest challenge for all of us right now is the launch environment. it is the effective and affordable presence of launch vehicles. you know, all of us are about to be priced out of the market, so one of the benefits that we hope to bring from the introduction of commercial access to space is a lowering of the launch costs. it will benefit the national security apparatus, dod and particularly us and nasa for many of our science missions. we are working together. we're all facing the same...
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, but also in the work environment. wal have a fitness center and a recording studio at the west side center. we've incorporated consistent youth development philosophy. you know, this is important. you have to have a framework that believes that these young people want and want to and can succeed. we talked about at one of our previous sessions many of us are dealing with negotiations with our public unions, and i talked about it when i spoke as having that framework. if you have the framework particularly when i'd been dealing with the teachers' union, that they want to, they have the same goals and objectives that we have and that is a child-focused goal, you can get a lot of places. but you have to believe that the people that you're dealing with want this for themselves. it changes the whole way you deal with the issue, you deal with the population. um, we know that it is important to meet the young people where they are and develop personal success plans based on their strengths,ish hsu -- issues, interests and ap
, but also in the work environment. wal have a fitness center and a recording studio at the west side center. we've incorporated consistent youth development philosophy. you know, this is important. you have to have a framework that believes that these young people want and want to and can succeed. we talked about at one of our previous sessions many of us are dealing with negotiations with our public unions, and i talked about it when i spoke as having that framework. if you have the framework...
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system, and so it's awkward to support a group like this, but there is support like this, for this environment. i think it will desolve because there's resistance. >> trevor, i feel when you talk about political operatives on both sides and fundraisers on both sides, and donors, there's a strong word, but there's a self-hating quality to people in the system who feel trapped. i mean this thing will just go on and they will play and get used to it. is that what's sustaining this? what keeps it going? >> well, during the course of the campaign, i had a chance to talk to a range of major republican donors, and even they, i mean, i say "even they" because republicans were more interested in the super pacs, the party embraced them, and citizens united, but romney donors said this is terrible. i don't want to write an up limited check. this is not our the president ought to get selectedded, and we need to talk about this after the election. you know, now eng one of the thing -- i think i'll be doing is circling around so are you interested in changing the system? if you look at it, even the candidat
system, and so it's awkward to support a group like this, but there is support like this, for this environment. i think it will desolve because there's resistance. >> trevor, i feel when you talk about political operatives on both sides and fundraisers on both sides, and donors, there's a strong word, but there's a self-hating quality to people in the system who feel trapped. i mean this thing will just go on and they will play and get used to it. is that what's sustaining this? what...
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we want an environment that's more proadvice. we want to have access to capital. we want to have stronger innovation and technology. we want to make sure that we have training for our workforce and all over the state in 64 counties we heard people want -- they want to brand colorado as probusiness. now, colorado, obviously, i would argue the most beautiful state in america, no offense to my friends and neighbors. but that means we have to hold ourselves to the highest standard of ethics, highest standards of environmental protection and we have huge amount of natural gas. if we're going to be probusiness we reduce the time for drilling permits but we make sure somebody spills frac fluid into the groundwater or pond we increase the fine. we make sure that doesn't happen. and that bottom-up plan is what is going to help create the colorado innovation network, what we call c.o.i.n. which is taking all the research labs in the various departments at the various universities, colorado state university and university of denver -- all of them and then blending them -- we
we want an environment that's more proadvice. we want to have access to capital. we want to have stronger innovation and technology. we want to make sure that we have training for our workforce and all over the state in 64 counties we heard people want -- they want to brand colorado as probusiness. now, colorado, obviously, i would argue the most beautiful state in america, no offense to my friends and neighbors. but that means we have to hold ourselves to the highest standard of ethics,...
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and i read from a quote from environment news service, i don't have a date hand on it, but it is after the nebraska legislature met. kerri-ann jones and assistant secretary of the state said, quote, i am confident that the department and nebraska authorities would be able to efficiently work together in preparing any documents necessary to examine the alternative routes the state of nebraska that satisfies the federal laws in any state law of nebraska. so they were all set and ready to go with the state of nebraska. now, if mr. linder would have been allowed to participate in this hearing today, but for the objections of the state department, he would have said on december 1, 2011, we contacted the state department to begin to explore the process of entering into an m.o.u. between two agencies which would outline responsibilities and to find a schedule. we received the first draft of the agreement from the state department within the next two weeks in exchange comments to which what we consider to be an executable document which we submitted to the state department december 2011. no fu
and i read from a quote from environment news service, i don't have a date hand on it, but it is after the nebraska legislature met. kerri-ann jones and assistant secretary of the state said, quote, i am confident that the department and nebraska authorities would be able to efficiently work together in preparing any documents necessary to examine the alternative routes the state of nebraska that satisfies the federal laws in any state law of nebraska. so they were all set and ready to go with...
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in an environment in which we have over 8% unemployment. and i think it is very clear that though the president promised that you will be able to keep your health care coverage as you know it, that health care coverage is not going to be there because so many companies are going to drop the health care coverage that they have been offering because it is too expensive to comply with the government conscription of the plan that is required in order to avoid the $2,000 fine. so i think what the court said is insightful in this respect, and that is that while they said this law is constitutional based on the taxing power of congress, they are not ruling on the wisdom nor the fairness of the policy. well, i think it's going to come down, mr. president, to the people of our country. because the election this year is going to determine the ultimate fate of this bill. the republican nominee, governor mitt romney, has said very clearly on the first day that he is sworn into office, he will ask for the repeal of this health care law. i think it will
in an environment in which we have over 8% unemployment. and i think it is very clear that though the president promised that you will be able to keep your health care coverage as you know it, that health care coverage is not going to be there because so many companies are going to drop the health care coverage that they have been offering because it is too expensive to comply with the government conscription of the plan that is required in order to avoid the $2,000 fine. so i think what the...
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today, what shifted, this is across the consumer work we do as was seen it in this political environment, people are changing the way they view risk. they are not entirely risk-averse, but they become more wary of risk. they feel better about the choices they make when they wait risk carefully, and to take a less risky choice. so for example, if you look at new car purchases, which arrested detroit has been fabulous. we have jobs saved. with all three automakers profitable for the first time in a decade. a today new cars that are being bought, the average age of the car this thing turn in his 10 years as opposed to seven which is used to be. more people are willing to buy used cars before new cars. so they are not totally risk-averse but they are wary of the. it manifests itself in some interesting ways. if you look at the top arrow and the data at the top of his chart, you ask people which would you prefer, opportunities to change employers or professions, or long-term implant with a single employer. by two to one now americans are saying long-term employment with a single employer. i d
today, what shifted, this is across the consumer work we do as was seen it in this political environment, people are changing the way they view risk. they are not entirely risk-averse, but they become more wary of risk. they feel better about the choices they make when they wait risk carefully, and to take a less risky choice. so for example, if you look at new car purchases, which arrested detroit has been fabulous. we have jobs saved. with all three automakers profitable for the first time in...
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make sure that we are protecting the environment because a great environment is a bonus in terms of economic development. at the time when governor russell peterson past the coastal zone act, people thought that was an economic antijobs, and i economic development. it turned out to be precisely the opposite because we had such a beautiful delaware bay the business is one to be here and that is why we focus on the bay shore initiative. >> moderator: markell: one of the objectives that i have is deciding the electorate power plant in the coastal zone for the boom boxes i think that we have actually waive the requirement on the coastal zone act to put an end of our strength as a buddy and electricity in the coastal some and we've done it under this theory that it was green energy and that is what governor peterson has believed that facility should not be in the coastal zone. >> moderator: we are going to move on to the next question and a close that one out. a question at the university of delaware brings us to education issues. >> my question regards the funding for charter schools. charter sc
make sure that we are protecting the environment because a great environment is a bonus in terms of economic development. at the time when governor russell peterson past the coastal zone act, people thought that was an economic antijobs, and i economic development. it turned out to be precisely the opposite because we had such a beautiful delaware bay the business is one to be here and that is why we focus on the bay shore initiative. >> moderator: markell: one of the objectives that i...
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so, in an environment where you can't talk about medicare, in an environment where no one will talk about base broadeners, everyone talks about loophole closers, how do you, how do you get from here to there? and let me ask doug, first, you said that the environment will be different in 2013. other than this pressure you talked about pro the rating agencies what will get these guys singing kumbayah with each other? >> they're not going to sing kumbayah. i don't want to pretend that they will. this environment is the worst but this would be the right time to fix the fiscal cliff so we don't have to worry about the economics. not happening. lame duck would be the second worst. and for all the reasons i outlined i think it is very unlikely we'll do anything real significant. do the little bit you can to avoid damage and get to next year where, i think they're going to be outside pressures from capital markets and rating agencies and there's going to have to be great leadership out of the white house to get this done, and it will be hard. i'm not saying it will be easy. i'm not going to say i
so, in an environment where you can't talk about medicare, in an environment where no one will talk about base broadeners, everyone talks about loophole closers, how do you, how do you get from here to there? and let me ask doug, first, you said that the environment will be different in 2013. other than this pressure you talked about pro the rating agencies what will get these guys singing kumbayah with each other? >> they're not going to sing kumbayah. i don't want to pretend that they...
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i mean, you've really got to have the right environment. if you look at the environment today, i mean, you can see it's u.s. tax structure. and it's not just tax rates. government spending is taxation. and i've got to explain it to you because, you know, it's so complicated in a 315-million person world with chinese capital flows and credit default swaps and multipliers. you just get dizzy. you can't follow the tea accounts. but if it's good economics, it works just as well in a two-person world as it does in a 315 million-person world. good economics are scaleable. are all of you with me? if it makes sense, it makes sense across the whole range. a two-person world you can see it. imagine for a moment we have two farmers, farmer a and farmer b. that's it, nothing else. that's it, nothing else outside this world. if farmer b gets unemployment benefits, who do you think pays for 'em? i mean, i'm not going way over your heads here. and yet i hear larry summers, and i hear austan goolsbee, and i hear paul krugman, and i hear joe stiglitz, all o
i mean, you've really got to have the right environment. if you look at the environment today, i mean, you can see it's u.s. tax structure. and it's not just tax rates. government spending is taxation. and i've got to explain it to you because, you know, it's so complicated in a 315-million person world with chinese capital flows and credit default swaps and multipliers. you just get dizzy. you can't follow the tea accounts. but if it's good economics, it works just as well in a two-person...
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it appears that you talked extensively about the urban environment. but i'm concerned about rural america. those kids who are literally forgotten. i'm just wondering, what's taking place, is it on our american agenda to do something for rural america kids all across, all across the country? and jimmy give more attention to looking at, in terms of achievement? can we do a better job of partnership being with parents? i know we can't force. no, but i think we can deal stronger and better partnerships with them? >> i'm interested in your question though. you raised a gender question, and you kind of flip it. i thought you're going to say where are the boys. >> i was going to get their. >> the college and the professional school level we see increasing number of women. and wondering where the young men are, but you are saying something different. >> i'm seeing something different. out here in these middle schools and high schools. those kids are not really highly engaged in during process. if you look at in getting involved in the stem, okay, and the scie
it appears that you talked extensively about the urban environment. but i'm concerned about rural america. those kids who are literally forgotten. i'm just wondering, what's taking place, is it on our american agenda to do something for rural america kids all across, all across the country? and jimmy give more attention to looking at, in terms of achievement? can we do a better job of partnership being with parents? i know we can't force. no, but i think we can deal stronger and better...
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we want to create an environment in which our leaders can succeed, and we know that if we want to, we can do that, and we should do it because it's our constitutional responsibility, because oversight is our responsibility, because it's lazy management if we allow it to go to the end of the year and be in a great big pile like this or a continuing resolution, which is worse. we need to go over item by item. i'm on six subcommittees. all three of us are on the appropriations committee. we'll probably have 30 hearings in the next two or three months. we'll have a good opportunity to go through this trillion dollars of spending that we do and -- and try to spend it wisely and to save money wherever we can. and one last thing, when this comes to the floor and we debate it and we get through with it and we approve the trillion dollars of spending, we can show to the american people that that's not most of the problem we have in spending in this country. that's 38% of the budget. and according to the -- the congressional budget office, it's scheduled to go up over the next ten years at the
we want to create an environment in which our leaders can succeed, and we know that if we want to, we can do that, and we should do it because it's our constitutional responsibility, because oversight is our responsibility, because it's lazy management if we allow it to go to the end of the year and be in a great big pile like this or a continuing resolution, which is worse. we need to go over item by item. i'm on six subcommittees. all three of us are on the appropriations committee. we'll...
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so -- and that's a very fast environment and they're competing for our investment. and if you compare that the two investing at a place write need that permit and i have this thing still hanging there where i have clarity, you know, and how do i get that resolved the local leader says i can get it resolved but then it gets pushed out and gets pushed out and i say okay, for another four weeks well, now it's another three months and by the way, i was willing to present it to my board in three months and, unfortunately, i don't get an answer. so i'm not going to present it to my board and this is stuff i could give you a whole list in the united states. it's very unfortunate and i think better dialog and a better understanding would be very good and unleash some of the investment that's sitting there on the side. it might not be sitting there for a long time anymore. >> we got a lot to digest but let me take the last few minutes to invite the audience to raise questions. identify yourself. somebody will bring you a microphone, i believe. and since we have a c-span audi
so -- and that's a very fast environment and they're competing for our investment. and if you compare that the two investing at a place write need that permit and i have this thing still hanging there where i have clarity, you know, and how do i get that resolved the local leader says i can get it resolved but then it gets pushed out and gets pushed out and i say okay, for another four weeks well, now it's another three months and by the way, i was willing to present it to my board in three...
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the reason i say it is not a feel good environment in thestah statistics, in the u.s. economye typically they lay before us, p people seeking employment grows 1% a year. the productivity of the labor force grows about 2% a year so you need another 3% growth in the real terms to make a dent oo even to keep unemployment level. we are not growing at that rate ng are growing at a sluggish goi sub-par rate you can argue for su different reasons the need for the government to the letter ani get their house inf order for te budget deficit, the certainty that exists in america over thec fiscal cliff and the tax regime and antibusiness policies are being practiced by some we are not going to go there aggressively. whenever the case may be the economy is growing but it's not a feel-good economy because they growth is not rapidly enough to reduce the level of unemployment inp the economy. giving you some support, very important area in the economyrty for the consumer psychology is housing and you see the ingredients for the recovery ine housingnt activity, affordabiliy is near re
the reason i say it is not a feel good environment in thestah statistics, in the u.s. economye typically they lay before us, p people seeking employment grows 1% a year. the productivity of the labor force grows about 2% a year so you need another 3% growth in the real terms to make a dent oo even to keep unemployment level. we are not growing at that rate ng are growing at a sluggish goi sub-par rate you can argue for su different reasons the need for the government to the letter ani get their...
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the second pillar is to introduce the set of reforms which make the business environments before investors. the third is for sustainable growth, the development of infrastructure and the government has increased in the complementary budget law public standing for infrastructure development from $5.2 billion to 6.4 billion, an increase of 1.2 billion for infrastructure projects, roads, the industrial zones, all kinds of infrastructure is necessary in order for businesses to come and in best, especially in the regions of the interior. now what we did between december and now is have the national consultation in the region, and we asked people what kinds of infrastructure projects you would like to see in your region. why didn't the other regime or previous regime do for you? is at a hospital? is it an industrial zone? would you like to see a plan? and they got all that information after one month of compilation within the region and afterwards we decided onto priority projects for each region. so for this year, each region will get in addition to the program infrastructure project, at least
the second pillar is to introduce the set of reforms which make the business environments before investors. the third is for sustainable growth, the development of infrastructure and the government has increased in the complementary budget law public standing for infrastructure development from $5.2 billion to 6.4 billion, an increase of 1.2 billion for infrastructure projects, roads, the industrial zones, all kinds of infrastructure is necessary in order for businesses to come and in best,...
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we need to create a business-friendly environment that levels the playing field. we need to get government out of the way. we need lower taxes, less regulation and tort reform. we need to conduct effective value chain analysis on all of our companies and industries. we need to get u.s. companies plugged into the mainstream of their industry. get u.s. companies hiring other u.s. companies that are in their supply channels and distribution channels. and we must protect our national power. with better treaties and trade agreements and stop allowing competitive nations from pirating our research and development in innovations and using them against us economically and militarily. and we've got to get america leading the way again in the manufacturing of high-tech goods. we need to strategically align health care with waste, fraud and abuse, and we need serious tort reform so doctors and hospitals don't have to prescribe duplicate or unnecessary tests just to get paid or avoid being sued. and we need to upgrade our education -- [applause] throughout america at the stat
we need to create a business-friendly environment that levels the playing field. we need to get government out of the way. we need lower taxes, less regulation and tort reform. we need to conduct effective value chain analysis on all of our companies and industries. we need to get u.s. companies plugged into the mainstream of their industry. get u.s. companies hiring other u.s. companies that are in their supply channels and distribution channels. and we must protect our national power. with...
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we are not concerned merely with kind of the michael regulatory environment. we just introduced a national budget in canada last week, or next stage will recall our economic action plan. one of the things we're doing there is we are trying to streamline project approval, particularly from major source development. we have tremendous opportunity is here but obviously in asia to develop and to find new markets for canadian sources, and we have found in recent years and increasingly our records are processed as well, necessary for good environmental reasons, are often becoming very long, creating a lot of uncertainty for business. so we are legislating clear timeline, that doesn't guarantee people will get the answer they want, but clear timeline so we can create more certainty for investment and ultimately bring more projects to fruition quickly. >> i will get to the energy question, which i know you all want an answer to in a moment, but staying on this for just a bit. you have been able to do things in terms of your budget that we can only dream of here. and o
we are not concerned merely with kind of the michael regulatory environment. we just introduced a national budget in canada last week, or next stage will recall our economic action plan. one of the things we're doing there is we are trying to streamline project approval, particularly from major source development. we have tremendous opportunity is here but obviously in asia to develop and to find new markets for canadian sources, and we have found in recent years and increasingly our records...
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so when i come here in a partisan environment, i said i don't have to subscribe to partisan environment. mauney goal and my team as the governor is to run nebraska, not republican or democratic or east or west urban, i represent all the people even those that voted against me. i've taken that approach back here to represent all the people, not just other people. >> did you ever think about becoming an independent? >> the democratic party never pushed it out to greet you don't leave the party, the party leaves you, and i have been well accepted by the democrats and nebraska and independent and enlightened the republicans. >> there were rumors you were contemplating a switch. >> pushed and pulled, but -- my decision was the democrats, why would i leave the democrats. >> moving to a different subject you mentioned at the outset 9/11 being the early part of your tenure. would you reflect and there are so many changes that happened in the country, but on the whole concept of national security and its many permutations and how that has changed, and whether we are in a better place as a societ
so when i come here in a partisan environment, i said i don't have to subscribe to partisan environment. mauney goal and my team as the governor is to run nebraska, not republican or democratic or east or west urban, i represent all the people even those that voted against me. i've taken that approach back here to represent all the people, not just other people. >> did you ever think about becoming an independent? >> the democratic party never pushed it out to greet you don't leave...
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deennme w o o are becingls omeeie amllae maha roimat epca typical arguments on energy, we need more, less environment a regular gym mor domestic produion, less reliance on il idhaob in 2008 ran as antiwar president hasn't fulfilled the promises. ista ople attached to obama and what they wanted to hear, and didn't listen or wer willing to look the otw thpeo s s cohaeyn'nd ng deeht his -- independents liked his talk about bring the party together anhave less confrontatial idea ofpti btdn alominliwth ec tti, onb aea care plan and other things that wer not on the top of their agenda. so i thinkwth t to ft onerom,mn enienttheo aihed ycly at u forced to go into pakistan to eliminate the terrorist threat. now, maybe people on the left were not listening to that part, hptethe wiirths ouda security. so what he's done has not no dnt idn'reitly, n' crisrol about, you know, him not being an antiwar, or him not, let's put it thiswyhmo ain epwatr tke ae efwl iroutr o f he escalated the war in afghistan, b against the will of military and most of his advisers. et inetge he rt sanctions rather than the use of force
deennme w o o are becingls omeeie amllae maha roimat epca typical arguments on energy, we need more, less environment a regular gym mor domestic produion, less reliance on il idhaob in 2008 ran as antiwar president hasn't fulfilled the promises. ista ople attached to obama and what they wanted to hear, and didn't listen or wer willing to look the otw thpeo s s cohaeyn'nd ng deeht his -- independents liked his talk about bring the party together anhave less confrontatial idea ofpti btdn...